Japan Federation of Foods and Tobacco Workers' Unions

{{short description|Trade union in Japan}}

The Japan Federation of Foods and Tobacco Workers' Unions (Shokuhin Rengo) was a trade union representing workers in food processing and related industries in Japan.

The union was established in 1995, when the All Japan Federation of Food Industries Workers' Unions merged with the National Federation of Food Industry Workers' Unions and the Japan Tobacco and Allied Workers' Union.{{cite web |title=About us |url=https://jfu.or.jp/about-en |website=JFU |access-date=1 December 2021}} It was a founding affiliate of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, and by 1996 had 116,747 members.{{cite web |title=List of RENGO affiliated union members |url=http://www.crosscurrents.hawaii.edu/assets/jwork/extra/doc/JWORK089_377.pdf |website=Cross Currents |access-date=18 November 2021}} In 2000, it merged with the Food Industry Workers' Unions Council to form the Federation of All Japan Foods and Tobacco Workers' Unions.{{cite web |title=Shokuhin Renmei is Now "Food-RENGO" |url=http://www.jtuc-rengo.org/updates/before2003/weekly/2002/week2002dec/dec16a.html |website=RENGO |access-date=1 December 2021}}

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